Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 22 is a textual amendment to correct a minor drafting error and does not entail any change to the substance of the section. Amendment No. 24 concerns a technical legal matter.

It provides that the representation and appeals process under section 12 does not apply to a revocation of a licence by a court consequent upon conviction for an offence as provided for under section 43, i.e., the decision of a District Court judge to revoke the licence in such cases is final. Clearly it would not make sense for a court decision to be appealed to the same court. Decisions of the District Court could, naturally, be appealed to a higher court in the normal way.